The Love of God

 

The Apostle Paul Teaching- Pinterest

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, not things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:28-29 (NKJV)

Words of Paul

Have you ever felt cut off from Jesus, from the love of God? According to the Apostle Paul, when we ask Jesus into hearts, we are never away from that love.

He tells us that the love of God comes to us through Jesus our Lord. We can feel that love at different times in our lives.

                    * When we are ill.

  * When we receive upsetting news about our health or the health of a loved one.

                    * When we hear of a tragedy in our communities.

                    * When we become victims of tragedy.

God’s love surrounds each of His children as they go through their day. He makes it easy for us feel that love.

God gives us peace when we are in the midst of a circumstance the world finds stressful.

He gives us strength when we face the most dreaded outcome of those circumstances.

God helps us find joy in everyday events.

                    * Did the sun shine today?

                    * Was the sky bright?

                    * Did your area get much needed rain?

                    * Did you hear from a friend that you haven’t heard from for a while?

                    * Will your area soon experience warm-up from an extended cold spell?

Each follower of Christ will have times where the will not feel as close to Jesus as the once were. We can remedy that feeling by prayer and Bible and devotional reading.

Please do not misunderstand me, I have times where I feel not as close to God as I should be. A friend told at prayer meeting a long time ago about a sign on a church board. “Do you feel you are not as close to God as you once were? Guess who moved!” This gives me a lot to think about.

It is easy to find ourselves wrapped up in day-to-day activities and let other things slide. We must make time daily for our devotions and Bible reading.